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ONE CUT OF THE DEAD+ONE CUT OF THE DEAD: IN HOLLYWOOD Limited Blu-Ray Sets Coming In May From Third Window Films

Third Window Films is touting a limited edition release of one of its most-prized titles of its catalogue, One Cut Of The Dead. A sleeper hit at home with increasing support in the months and years that followed, director Shinichiro Ueda’s one-take comedic horror delight now comes aptly packaged with its 57-minute follow-up, One Cut Of The Dead: Hollywood Edition. The UK distro outlet will have 2000 units on hand, boasting several hours of content with bonus features, and it all goes down May 31. Peep the specs below: ONE CUT OF THE DEAD opens in a run-down, abandoned warehouse where a film crew are making a zombie film. Yet this is no ordinary warehouse. It’s been said that it’s the site of military experiments on human. From nowhere, real zombies arrive & terrorize the crew!This may sound like a the plot of a clichéd zombie film, but One Cut of […]

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Shinichiro Ueda’s SPECIAL ACTORS To Head Virtual Kick Off For Japan Cuts 2020 In July

Lee B. Golden III

Director Shinichiro Ueda’s hit zombie romp, One Cut Of The Dead, has seen scores of upward reviews and buzz quotes since becoming a landmark low budget hit last year. That film gets a Steelbook release from Image Entertainment/Shudder on June 2, and so with the 14th annual installment of Japan Cuts making headway this summer, Ueda is bringing his latest Rotterdam selection, Special Actors, to the festival’s inaugural day as the official opening selection for 2020. Taking a turn to VOD for its presentation, the festival’s organizers at Japan Society will partner with Festival Scope and Shift72 for its restructuring in light of the ongoing situation with Covid-19. The move marks the first time the festival will be made available to audiences around the country, including and beyond New York City, and with limited number of tickets will soon be made available for online festival attendees as the event stamps […]

ONE CUT OF THE DEAD: Don’t Miss The Official Trailer For Shinichiro Ueda’s Surprise Hit Zombie Romp

Lee B. Golden III

Shinichiro Ueda’s rousing zombie comedy, One Cut Of The Dead, is heading for a series of one-night screenings in select cities beginning September 13 in New York and Los Angeles. Alas, U.S. horror brand Shudder, who acquired the film officially back in April, finally unveiled the trailer this week in what feels like a true moment of exhaling for moviegoers who’ve waited painfully in the last two years. While shooting a low-budget zombie film in an abandoned warehouse, the crew find themselves caught between actual zombies and a mad director who won’t stop rolling. If you think you know what happens next, think again. Filmmaker Shinichiro Ueda turns the film on its head more than once for one of the wildest, funniest, and most surprising zombie movies of all time. The brainchild of Koji Ishihashi’s Enbu Seminar, the film became a surprise hit in Japan in 2017 before earning more […]

ONE CUT OF THE DEAD: Shinichiro Ueda’s Surprise Horror Comedy Hit Lands On Shudder For U.S., Australia And New Zealand!

Lee B. Golden III

If you plan on getting your hands on AMC’s Shudder app anytime soon and have a devout love for J-horror, just know that’s where you’ll be able to find Shinichiro Ueda’s One Cut Of The Dead with the horror streamer acquiring rights in the U.S.. Rights were also snagged in Australia and New Zealand according to Variety citing the deal between Shudder, and Adam Torel who negotiated the terms representing Koji Ichihashi whose Tokyo-based film school, Enbu Seminar, backed the horror comedy. ONE CUT OF THE DEAD opens in a run-down, abandoned warehouse where a film crew are making a zombie film…Yet, this is no ordinary warehouse. It’s been said that it’s the site of where military experiments took place…Out of nowhere, real zombies arrive and terrorize the crew!This may sound like a the plot of a clichéd zombie film, but One Cut of the Dead is something completely different! […]